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Bow for trumpet marine (tromba marina)

19th century
Object Place: Probably England

Medium/Technique Walnut
Dimensions Length 192 cm, width 36.5 cm (Length 75 9/16 in., width 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1733b
NOT ON VIEW

ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)

Toccata from Sonata No. 1, about 1750–70
Composed by Don Lorenzo de Castro
Performed by Kathryn Buehler-McWilliams on a trumpet marine, made by Kate Buehler-McWilliams, St. Paul, MN, 2005